"What makes you think anyone's survived that long?" Emalia asked. despite what she said, there were always those whispers that someone might still be alive after such a time. it was a pretty popular theory that there were survivors, but not everyone agreed on that point, let alone that they would make any settlement.
She got up and walked back over to the edge. "Shall we get started then?" she asked. "if there are other scavengers down here, we're going to want to move ASAP."
She peered around the drop and over to the other side.
"I mean, it looks safe enough right now if we can get tough guy over there to wake up," she said.
she really didn't want to have to wait.